diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 05a0545f..1f96b906 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '3.0.0'
+version: '3.0.0-beta'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 4d0226b0..588f6f73 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var (
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = ""
+	VersionPrerelease = "beta"
 )
 
 // ProductName is the name of the product